Food or sex - Males and females in a sex role reversed pipefish have different interests

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 281-287

  Berglund, Anders ^a   Rosenqvist, Gunilla ^b   Robinson Wolrath, Sarah ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Life history; Pipefish; Sex role reversal; Syngnathus typhle

Indexed keywords

FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; ROLE REVERSAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; TIME ALLOCATION;

SYNGNATHUS TYPHLE;

EID: 33744929888     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0166-4     Document Type: Article

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